And as usual in China, the players were made to feel welcome: opening ceremony and dinner, red carpet (under the rain) and some entertainment involving bigger balls. Some were even practicing!
Here is the day in a pot-pourri of pictures:
And Worldsnooker shared this short video
Tomorrow it starts in earnest!
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
Right now Ronnie shared a short video of a late night practice session on Instagram stories. Sorry, but I don’t know how to reference it or I would have done so, and it will be deleted in a day or so 😓.
Maybe someone can “catch” the snip to share for everybody that would be great 🙏😃
Ronnie often shows himself practicing, with Liang Wenbo replacing the colors, which always makes me wonder if Ronnie returns the favor…
Why wouldn’t he? They are very close friends.